Los Zetas’ Leader Captured in Northern Mexico
07/16/13 – Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, “Z 40,” the alleged outright leader of the Zetas criminal organization was captured by the Mexican Navy (Secretaría de Marina, SEMAR) in the early morning …
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14 bodies discovered on highway in Veracruz
06/13/12 – In an official press release, the State Attorney General’s Office of Veracruz (Procuraduría General de Justicia de Veracruz) has confirmed the recent discovery of multiple mutilated bodies in …
Clandestine Grave Discovered in Durango: Nearly 300 Bodies found since April 2011
12/20/11– On December 14, the Ministry of National Defense (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, Sedena) discovered a clandestine gravesite containing ten bodies in Cristobal Colon in the state of Durango. …
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Mothers of Central American Migrants Search Mexico for Loved Ones
11/14/11- Thirty three mothers from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Costa Rica arrived in Mexico City Tuesday November 8, on a mission to find their children and denounce the …
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Soldiers free 61 victims held captive in Coahuila
10/18/11 —Mexican drugs cartels are being accused of kidnapping and of exploiting 61 migrants and holding them hostage for ransom and forced labor in a safe house in Piedras Negras, …
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51 Hostages Rescued in Reynosa
04/26/11— Mexican Federal Police rescued 51 migrant hostages who were found on Monday inside a house in Reynosa, a city in the state of Tamaulipas that borders McAllen, Texas. Of …
Family members of disappeared demand attention
On Friday September 25th relatives of disappeared persons in Tijuana took public action demanding attention and acknowledgement from the government. Following in the tradition of Argentina’s Mothers of Plaza de …
CNDH’s 2020 Recommendations on Human Rights Violations
01/21/21 (written by kheinle) — Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos, CNDH) issued 90 standard recommendations (recomendaciones) in 2020 against offending institutions and local, state, …
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Homicides nationwide continue downward trend in 2014
11/02/14 (written by cmolzahn) — According to Mexico’s National Public Security System (Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública, SNSP), there were 11,835 intentional homicide investigations opened between January and September of …
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